Discussing the 1st rd: why Dee Ford was the best option

[BossChief]

If I was gonna make a top 10 before the draft of prospects I wanted and had a reasonable chance to be there when we pick, Dee Ford would have been somewhere between 5-7 on that list.

Dude has a few uncoachable traits in his game and psyche that this fan base is gonna love and if he can stay healthy, has a real chance at being elite at a position that is only second in order of importance in today's nfl to a franchise quarterback.

His first step, killer instinct, speed and athleticism make him worth the gamble.

He has Von Miller type upside IMO.

[Saccopoo]

Originally Posted by BossChief

If I was gonna make a top 10 before the draft of prospects I wanted and had a reasonable chance to be there when we pick, Dee Ford would have been somewhere between 5-7 on that list.

Dude has a few uncoachable traits in his game and psyche that this fan base is gonna love and if he can stay healthy, has a real chance at being elite at a position that is only second in order of importance in today's nfl to a franchise quarterback.

His first step, killer instinct, speed and athleticism make him worth the gamble.

He has Von Miller type upside IMO.

Not a ****ing chance.

Von Miller destroyed dudes in college. ****ed guys up. (With the notable exception of Russell Okung, but that's another story for another time.)

Ford was invisible on the field with the exception of the 10.5 sacks his last season. 29 total tackles. That's pathetic. Teams gladly ran at him all the time.

6 sacks in 2012. 34 tackles.

The guy had a total of 93 tackles in his entire college career. Trevor Reilly had 100 tackles last season alone to go along with 9 sacks.

And Ford didn't really impact the ball when he got his sacks. Only three forced fumbles for his entire college career. (Compare to Tamba Hali, who is effectively a point forward effort sack guy, but he's got the uncanny skill of separating the ball from the QB when he gets there. And Hali is absolutely relentless all game long. A ****ing warrior. I'm not sure that Dee Ford has the frame to be able to go against NFL OT's for an entire game the way Hali can.)

He's a major project at this point as a NFL rush end. He should be a viable special teams player right from the start.

He's got skills (a very good first and second step) and he's got a good work ethic and determination from everything that's been said about him. But he's going to have to learn pass and run defense basics while having the starting point be the NFL level. That's a lot to ask.